Immune Response to Influenza Vaccine in Pediatric Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
โ Scribed by Mamula, Petar; Markowitz, Jonathan E.; Piccoli, David A.; Klimov, Alexander; Cohen, Louis; Baldassano, Robert N.
- Book ID
- 122642993
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 133 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1542-3565
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